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...Verne Stuckle, 43, a longtime worker for conservative Republican causes and one "John Schmitz," who "lives out of the home"-with neglecting or deliberately abusing the child. Human hair had been wrapped so tightly around his penis that the organ was nearly severed. During a conversation with Judge William Murray, in an effort to have the child returned to Stuckle, Schmitz confessed that he was the boy's father. Stuckle claims that Schmitz is also the father of her three-week-old daughter. The scandal will have little impact on Schmitz's ebbing political fortunes: his state senate...
...surprise. On his trip to St. Louis last week, President Ronald Reagan, chatting informally with a local television news reporter, mentioned that "one of your own will be returning to St. Louis." When the reporter asked casually, "Who is that?" Reagan replied just as offhandedly, "Well, it is Murray Weidenbaum...
Many civilian scientists find the trend disturbing. Says one: "Some of my colleagues are absolutely paranoid about the Pentagon." These concerns increased last April when J.P.L.'s esteemed civilian director, Geologist Bruce Murray, 50, announced he was stepping down after six years to return to teaching, writing and research. Said he: "I believe in a personal and an institutional renewal...
Last week Caltech, J.P.L.'s parent institution, which operates under contract with NASA, announced Murray's successor: former Air Force Chief of Staff General Lew Allen Jr., 56. The appointment continues a trend to garb the U.S. space program in Air Force blue. Earlier this year Air Force Major General James Abrahamson was put in charge of the shuttle. Former Air Force Secretary Hans Mark is NASA'S deputy administrator, the agency's No. 2 job. And the shuttle wears symbolic wings; through fiscal 1985, a fourth of its missions will be for the Air Force...
...ensure J.P.L.'s leadership in the peaceful study of the universe. Says he: "J.P.L. has done magnificent things in planetary exploration. I intend to seek the support of space scientists and do the best I can to continue that record of achievement." When he takes over from Murray on Oct. 1, J.P.L. space scientists will watch the physicist-general's opening moves as eagerly as they usually eye the heavens...